[3.35.1] Android build fails when minSdk is set below 24 in build.gradle.kts #173823
Description
Steps to reproduce
- Create a new Flutter project with Flutter 3.35
- Navigate to
android/app/build.gradle.kts - Set minSdk to 21
- Build the Android app
Expected results
Build success
Actual results
Build fails with syntax error due to minSdk = 21 is replaced with minSdkVersion flutter.minSdkVersion
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[✓] Flutter (Channel stable, 3.35.1, on macOS 15.6 24G84 darwin-arm64, locale en-VN) [278ms]
• Flutter version 3.35.1 on channel stable at /Users/khoa.nguyen/fvm/versions/3.35.1
• Upstream repository https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git
• Framework revision 20f8274939 (9 hours ago), 2025-08-14 10:53:09 -0700
• Engine revision 1e9a811bf8
• Dart version 3.9.0
• DevTools version 2.48.0
• Feature flags: enable-web, enable-linux-desktop, enable-macos-desktop, enable-windows-desktop, enable-android, enable-ios, cli-animations,
enable-lldb-debugging
[!] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 36.0.0) [1,160ms]
• Android SDK at /Users/khoa.nguyen/Library/Android/sdk
• Emulator version 35.5.10.0 (build_id 13402964) (CL:N/A)
• Platform android-36, build-tools 36.0.0
• Java binary at: /opt/homebrew/opt/openjdk@17/bin/java
This JDK is specified in your Flutter configuration.
To change the current JDK, run: `flutter config --jdk-dir="path/to/jdk"`.
• Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment Homebrew (build 17.0.15+0)
! Some Android licenses not accepted. To resolve this, run: flutter doctor --android-licenses
[✓] Xcode - develop for iOS and macOS (Xcode 16.4) [668ms]
• Xcode at /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
• Build 16F6
• CocoaPods version 1.16.2
[✓] Chrome - develop for the web [8ms]
• Chrome at /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome
[✓] Android Studio (version 2024.3) [7ms]
• Android Studio at /Users/khoa.nguyen/Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents
• Flutter plugin can be installed from:
🔨 https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/9212-flutter
• Dart plugin can be installed from:
🔨 https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/6351-dart
• Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 21.0.6+-13368085-b895.109)
[✓] VS Code (version 1.103.0) [6ms]
• VS Code at /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents
• Flutter extension version 3.116.0
[✓] Connected device (4 available) [5.9s]
• sdk gphone64 arm64 (mobile) • emulator-5554 • android-arm64 • Android 16 (API 36) (emulator)
• iPhone 16 Pro Max (mobile) • 1FB5DCF2-7F04-4919-8C57-0E963C451C35 • ios • com.apple.CoreSimulator.SimRuntime.iOS-18-5 (simulator)
• macOS (desktop) • macos • darwin-arm64 • macOS 15.6 24G84 darwin-arm64
• Chrome (web) • chrome • web-javascript • Google Chrome 139.0.7258.67
[✓] Network resources [396ms]
• All expected network resources are available.
! Doctor found issues in 1 category.